CONTACT 502A
Wireless Microphone System
OPERATING MANUAL AND USER GUIDE
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OPERATING MANUAL
IMPORTANT WARNINGS & SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1. Please re ad and reta in these safety instructio ns.
2. Heed a ll warn ings in the oper ating i nstr ucti ons and o n t he
3. Do not use t his appara tus near wate r or moistu re.
4. Clean onl y with a dr y cloth.
5. Do not install near sources of heat su ch as radi ators , h eat
6. Refer all servicing to authorised per sonnel.
7. The re are no us er servic ea ble p ar ts insi de t hi s pro duct.
8. Serv icing is r equired when the apparatus has been damaged
9. To completely disconn ect t his eq uipment from the AC main s
10. To p revent fir e never p lace t he uni t near any naked f lam e
11. Do not defeat t he purp ose of the polarized o r grounding ty pe
12. USIN G A MPLIFIERS – In o rder to avoid da mage to drive rs
applian ce.
registe rs, stoves o r other appa ratus that p roduce he at.
User s s hould not attemp t to servi ce this product . Warran ty
nullication c ould result if this is at tempted.
in any way incl udi ng: Impact damag e, power cord/su ppl y
damage, liquid spillages, s mall o bjects falling into the unit or
exposu re t o mo isture. In addition please r efer to author ised
service pers onnel if the apparatus is not opera ting normally.
discon nect the power plug fr om the AC rec eptacle.
such as a candle.
plug . A polar ized plug has two b lade s w ith one w ider than
the other. A gro unding type plu g has tw o blades and a thi rd
groundi ng prong. The w ide blad e or the third prong ar e there
for your s afety. If th e plug doe s not t int o your outl et, consult
an elect rician for replac ement of the o bsolete ou tlet.
and other equi pment, it is advisable to establish and fol low a
routine for p owering up and power ing dow n a so und syst em.
Wi th all sys te m co mp on ent s c on nec ted, tur n o n sour ce
equip ment (mixer s, s ignal process ors, record and playback
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un it s, etc .) B EFOR E p ower ing up amp li fi ers. Trans ient
volt ages f rom powerin g u p sourc e equi pment c an dama ge
speaker s if ampliers are already turned on. Make sur e that
amp li fi er volu mes are set t o thei r minim um settin gs and
powe r up any system amplif ier s L AST. It i s r eco mmen ded
that all sys tem components be allowed to sta bilize for s everal
sec onds before any s ourc e signa ls are introd uced or l evel
se tt in g ad ju stmen ts ar e ma de . Si mi la rl y, when shu ttin g
syste ms down , t urn all a mplifier s off first, before poweri ng
down any other system component s.
13. CAB LES – D o not use shielde d or micro phon e cab les for
co nn ec ti on bet ween amp lif ier s a nd spe aker s. Use on ly
approved speaker ca bles with p roper co nnector s.
14. RI GG IN G – SU SP EN DI NG – MOUN TIN G – R ig gin g,
susp endi ng and mounti ng of speaker systems can expo se
me mbe rs of the pub lic to ser io us hea lt h ri sk s an d ev en
de ath . UN DE R NO CI RCU MSTANC ES ATT EMP T TO
R IG , SU SP EN D OR OT H ERW IS E MO UN T SO UN D
REINFO RCEMENT PRODU CTS UN LESS YOU ARE FULLY
QUA LIF IED AND CERTIFIE D TO DO S O BY RELEVA NT
L O C A L, ST AT E A ND NA TI ON A L AU T H OR IT I E S .
A LL RE LE VAN T SA FE TY R EG UL AT ION S MUS T BE
FOL LOW ED. I F YOU AR E NOT P RO PER LY QUA LIF IED
OR DO N OT KN OW OF PER TI NEN T REG ULA TI ON S,
CONSU LT QUALIFIED PER SONNEL FO R ADVICE .
15. CAU TION – Prof es si on al sou nd reinf or ce me nt sys te ms
are capa ble of gener ating very high soun d pressur e l evels.
Take c are with p lacement and operati on to avoid exposure
to excessive volume levels. Permanent he aring damage can
result when operat ed to extreme levels.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Impor tant Warnings and Safety Instructions ........................ 1
Introduction ............................................................................4
Overv iew ................................................................................ 4
Features and contents ...........................................................
Settin g up the rece iver
Receiver operation ................................................................
Receiver controls ...................................................................9
Placement of the Receiver ..................................................
Notice ................................................................................... 11
Names and Functions ..........................................................
Batter y installation ...............................................................
Specication ........................................................................ 13
Warrant y............................................................................... 14
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INTRODUCTION
Wh ar fe dale Cont ac t 502 A Wire le ss mic ropho ne s are the
res ult o f many yea rs of experi enc e in the us e, de sig n and
manufactu ring of pr ofessional a udio product s.We take great
pr id e in engi ne er ing and bu il di ng eve r y Wharf ed al e Pro
microphone and wish to thank you for entrusting us with your
sound.
Please take a few minutes to read this manual completely in
order to ensure that you get the most out of your Contac t 502A
Wireless microphone.
CONTACT 502A OVERVIEW:
Thank you for sele cting the Cont act 502A dual-channel UHF
wireless microphone system. This system can receive signals
from two micr ophones simultaneously. It uses digital circuitry
to disting uish the intensity of the signals receive d by the two
antennas.
Eac h channel has a vol ume co ntr ol, funct io n bu ttons and
is cont ro lle d by a dedic ate d CPU. An LED dis play Shows
in fo rm at ion for eac h cha nn el . Func tion but to ns in cl ud e:
GROUP, SCAN and SYNC.
Th e SYN C but to n al l ow s t he us er to qui c kly lo ck t h e
recei ving and transmi tt ing frequ enc ie s of the mic ropho ne
transmi tter system. The Contact 502A can seamlessly change
frequenc ies quickly and sele ct compatible channel s without
th e ne ed to mut e mixe r chan ne ls or out put de vi ce s. The
Contac t 502A is packaged in a 1U rack mount chassis.
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